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User's father believes ChatGPT is conscious based on Hinton's alleged view

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A user on Mastodon shared that their father believes ChatGPT possesses consciousness, citing Geoffrey Hinton's alleged opinion as evidence. The user attempted to explain ChatGPT's lack of persistent state and true knowledge, but their father remained convinced due to Hinton's reputation. The conversation then devolved into the father performing HAL 9000 impressions and discussing his theories about the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. AI

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User's father believes ChatGPT is conscious based on Hinton's alleged view

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    dad just told me on the phone that jeffrey hinton thinks that chatgpt has consciousness and that since he's jeffrey hinton we can probably trust him. i tried to

    dad just told me on the phone that jeffrey hinton thinks that chatgpt has consciousness and that since he's jeffrey hinton we can probably trust him. i tried to tell him that chatgpt has no persistent state...it doesn't know anything... but he thinks we can trust jeffrey hinton! …

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